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Building Long Term Organizational Success

by CCDA Guest on October 11, 2022

by CCDA member, Lisa Ellis Lisa Ellis is part of the CCDA Pacific Northwest Local Network & participated in CCDA's organizational development series this summer. Our "Strengthening Your Organization" Series is designed to support, educate and equip organizations on current and best [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA, Membership, Train and Connect Tagged With: highlight, member spotlight, organization, organizational development, spotlight

Ten Ways Pastors Prioritize Wellbeing

by Nowlin, Nilwona on October 3, 2022

The 2022 National Conference is just around the corner, so it’s a great time to start thinking more about our theme, wellbeing. We thought this would be a great opportunity to hear from some of the shepherds among us. I asked a simple question of them-What are 5 ways you prioritize wellbeing? As I [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA, Train and Connect Tagged With: 10 ways, conference, emotional, mental, pastor, physical, spiritual formation

Engaging in Prophetic Witness

by Christina Foor on June 6, 2020

by Lisa Rodriguez-WatsonDirector of Leadership Development & Training It’s been a devastating few weeks. Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, 100,000 COVID deaths, violence in our streets, extreme action by some, inaction by others, silence and complicity, curfews, virtue signaling, [...]
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Filed Under: Listening to the Community, Train and Connect Tagged With: black lives matter, prophetic, protest, witness

Without Walls or Borders

by CCDA Guest on July 29, 2019

by Christina Foor One beautiful piece of the Gospel is how God weaves together stories of people from all different backgrounds. In a small migrant shelter in Juarez, Mexico, people from several divergent worlds gathered together – Cuban asylum seekers, college students from both sides of the [...]
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Filed Under: Immigration, Justice Initiatives & Advocacy, Listening to the Community, Train and Connect Tagged With: Abara, border, Ciudad Nueva, el paso, InterVarsity

Lenten Immerse: Hospitality

by CCDA Guest on March 29, 2019

Can you think of a time when you received hospitality from someone? Maybe it was an expression of kindness, a welcoming embrace, a warm meal, or a listening ear. Perhaps it took the form of someone who supported you when you didn’t feel you deserved it, or a new friend in an unfamiliar place. [...]
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Filed Under: Devotionals, Train and Connect Tagged With: devotional, hospitality, Lent, Lent 2019, Lenten Immerse

5 Reasons to Prioritize Soul Care

by AnnaC on January 28, 2019

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When you step onto a plane and take your seat, you’re asked to listen to a simple set of safety precautions before takeoff. Flight attendants advise that you fasten your seat belt as the signs instruct, and in the case of an emergency, put on your oxygen mask before helping others. As a Christian [...]
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Filed Under: Train and Connect Tagged With: mental health, soul care

Cultivating generative friendships among practitioners of CCD

by CCDA Guest on November 14, 2016

"I am CCDA." "Dear Familia..." We use these phrases and descriptors a lot in our CCDA circles. Both reveal the essence of who we are as an association. I am CCDA, speaks to being a community of practitioners doing Christian community development. What you and I do as we live out the key components [...]
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Filed Under: Membership, Train and Connect Tagged With: local networks

Modern Day Slavery Workshop Series

by Lorenzo A. Watson on July 26, 2016

At the 2016 National Conference, we will take a close look at human trafficking and modern day slavery. This is an important issue of Biblical justice and advocacy. In the midst of an amazing lineup of workshops, we wanted to highlight the human trafficking and modern day slavery workshop track. [...]
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Filed Under: Justice Initiatives & Advocacy, Train and Connect

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